Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-17
WEATHERF0RDs
sfser the Circus Maa-The Castor Oh Mill.
OFF fur Washington.


OFF fur Washington.
Special to the Gazette.
WATERFORD, TEX Nov. 1s Mr.. J.
4. Ball, Deputy S1erlff Of Denton county,
arrived on the morning train. He came
after the party jones', the circus man who
was arrested here yesterday on tele-
gram from the City Marshal OF Denton,
an account of whick appeared in THE
GAZETTE to-day. THE GAZETTE core
spoDdent learned from Mr.. BAH that the
casrse against Jones WAS gaming, or
running game OF chsuce while in thst
city With ForepaugA's circus.
Late yesterday evening john Freeman
shot Siden Blythe On the county fsrn
shout three miles south Of the city. Nj.
Freeman is guard over the county cuE-
victs, ard Blythe, being one of the ii for
Inmates, attempted to absent bimself from
the further services OF the county, ana
made break for liberty, and was order-
ed So halt but psid NO attention to Mr.
freeman, wnereupen ne cred on Blythe.
the shot tskiog effect IN tee extreme
lower part Of his back. Blythe fell 81 the
crack Of the pl6 oil, but Wnen the guard
turned his attention TO the other prison
ers, whom he thought would make Z
break, Blythe got up and ran of, and WIS
found et mis- home two miles west Of the
city this evening, suffering from flesh
W and. While painful 1t is not serious.
The commissioners court has been in
session to -dsy. They wsre engaged most
OF the day ON road business, and DECIDED
to have Two good bridges builG Il public
roads at orce-one On the Fort Worth
road, the other on Gadstow, on the Pdlo
Pinto road.
This is the day II which the iron
bridge across the creek north Of the city
| was to have been completed and delivered
to the city according to the contract be
| tween the city aud the Missouri Valley
Iron works, but it appears now tnas the
same parry hss forfelIsd the CONTRACT gs
there is NO signs Of Inc bridge, only the
lumber TO be used in building the bridge
has arrived, and il is now standing on the
track. AS the bridge company has for
feited their contract with the city, il nav
be that instead of having the iron bridge,
8 contract may be let by the City Council
for the Immediate ere &C Ion OF fac stone
bridge rs stone is EASILY accessible, and
several OF the c0uncilmsn favored d stone
bridge at the start.
This evening HE GAZETTE correspond
ent motto d several loads Of barrels Whicn
were labeled Weatherford Caster Oh
Mills, md some marked to Dallas, Gal
vsston, Houston, Fort Worth ana other
Texas cities, and on meeting DR.. r. W.
Ktndsl, the President of the WeGtheriord
Castor Oil mill, questioned him as to the
number Of barrels CT oil tAst had been
put up by this mill during this season.
He stated that between 100 ana geo bar
rels had already been shipped, snd that
the mil. would make about 500 barrels
before the season ended, and that nearly
all of the castor beans would Re
raised in this part OF the country. He
said, OF course castor beans are shipped
from other parts OF the state IS
Weaskerford has the only hydraulic
castor ell mill in the state or even IN
the south. TEE GAZsTTK CORES pondent
learned from Dr.. Kindel that the Wealth
erford castor oil was shipped to all the
loobers in the state, and was sold to st.
Louis druggists, and that sll druggists
pronounced 1t superior to any castor oil.
Tn Is al enterprise that Weatherford is
proud Of, being the only one in the south
Oh from this mill took the premium at
the Dall4s State Fair. The cultivation of
castor beans by the farmers OF this sec
tion is eliciting considerable in
,erest, IS it is the easiest and
best paying crop that can be raised
ard no DOUBT In few years will be one
OF the leading crops OF this part of the
couuJry, IS the location of the oil mil AZ
this plsce will always furnish good
market fer the crop.
Hon S w. T Lanbam left this evening
with his family for Washit gtoD, D. c., to
be Ehere ut thesopening OF Congress, and
80 loo6 after the interests OF his con-
Stitueuts, the people from the Eleventh.,
the largest district in the United States
Labor Assembly Indicted.